On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:35:07 -0500, "E.F." wrote:

Is there a web site out there that bring's it down to the basics?? I want
to build an antenna for my portable YB400 but do not understand what a balun
or turner is or what it does. I also need to find out if my small back yard
is large enough for an antenna. What is overload and how do I prevent it...


...stuff like that

Thanks

EF


An odd length of wire attached to your antenna terminal should do
fine. You might try different lengths: 20 feet, 30 feet, whatever. If
you're close to Radio Shack, they have this little kit for 5 bucks:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

If the signals are too strong, you can shorten the wire.

Try to say away from power lines.

There's nothing exact here -- experiment and have fun.

Here are some basic antenna sites, altho' they are more ham oriented,
if you ever want to go in that direction.

http://www.cebik.com/a10/anta.html

http://www.cebik.com/gup/groundup.html

Bob
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